TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Amelia Ferrell Knisely on Oct 6, 2015

The 11-year-old White Pine boy charged in the Saturday shooting and killing of 8-year-old McKayla Dyer will be detained until his Oct. 28 hearing by order of a judge at the Jefferson County Justice Center, WATE reports. Defense attorney Greg Isaacs said that there have been no cases in Tennessee where an 11-year-old was tried as an adult in a homicide case. “It’s not going to be the lawyers, it’s going to be the mental health experts, and they’re going to tell the court and petition the court when they feel he is rehabilitated,” Isaacs said.